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For Library Managers in Acquisitions and Collection Development

May 2012

Dear Librarian:

Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2012 edition of PENGUIN GROUP (USA)'s Advance Publication Newsletter. The newsletter includes late-breaking reviews, news of award-winners, up-to-date information on prices, and book descriptions for our May through August titles. We hope you will take some time to review the many new books included here.

As usual, the newsletter is divided into subject categories in order to route each section to your appropriate acquisitions and collection development specialists.

Some highlights:
  • Looking for summer blockbusters and beach reads? Check these out: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and Broken Harbor by Tana French. (see Fiction). In addition, make sure to check out our Mysteries/Thrillers and Science Fiction/Fantasy sections.
  • Mark Twain's Autobiographical Writings are an intimate (and humorous) window into the author's mind that is a must-have for lovers of Samuel Clemens. (see Literature)
  • Peking. January 1937. The last days of the British hold…can a murderer escape justice? Find out in Paul French's Midnight in Peking, a fast-paced true crime classic. (see History & Biography). Don't forget to visit our Memoir page for Zach Wahls' My Two Moms. In early 2011, Wahls defended gay marriage during a forum about civil unions at the Iowa House of Representatives when he proclaimed he was proud to be raised by two lesbian women.
  • Steve Coll is back with Private Empire, the definitive portrait and in-depth exposé of the oil giant, Exxonmobil. Also, Garbology weighs in with remarkable true tales from the front lines of the war on waste, by "the new face of American environmentalism" (Outside magazine) Edward Humes. (see Current Events & Politics)
  • Penguin Press is proud to publish both The Odyssey of KP2, about an orphaned seal pup and a scientists's conservation efforts in Hawaii, and Saving the School, the story of a principal's race to save a failing high school from falling short of its numbers and closing forever. (see Science, Education & Reference)
  • Emotional Chaos to Clarity is an inspiring and prescriptive book that leads one from the emotional chaos of the reactive mind to clarity of the responsive mind. Also, please view our Food section. (see Psychology, Health & Spirituality)
  • Are you a member of the cult of Apple? Read Insanely Simple by Ken Segall, where the Apple insider reveals how the company's strategy and marketing are defined by its religious devotion to simplicity. (see Business & Management)
  • I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me is unabashed, uncensored, uninhibited, and 100% pure Joan Rivers. (see Performing Arts & Popular Culture)

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Regards,

Alan S. Walker
Vice-President, Academic & Library Sales

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